We finally seem to be hitting our rainy season. This week's forecast calls for more rain as well. On rainy days students have recess inside the classroom. They eat their snack and have a short period of time to play with indooor activities or read. At lunch time, all students eat inside the cafeteria. Because not all grades can fit into the cafeteria at once, there is a staggered schedule. Once students are done eating, they return to designated classrooms and are supervised by the yard duty aides until their teachers return. Although this is not perfect, in that students can't run around as they can during an outdoor recess, we make the best of the situation. Here's to some more rain (but perhaps in the evening).
Our filed trip to see The Frog Prince, was wonderful. I am very proud of the what great passengers Room 3 students were on the bus and what a great audience they were in the theater. The bus driver even commented on how well behaved they were. Kudos to the Room 3 students and I'm glad we all enjoyed the show.
Alta Vista will be participating in Read Across America on Monday, March 3rd. Each grade will have a guest reader who will visit us and read a preselected book. Our guest reader will meet us in the library and substitute for our usual parent volunteer. This past Friday, February 28th, the first grade teachers rotated through each classroom and read different Dr. Seuss books. My sub, Mrs. Carfano, read And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, which was the first Dr. Seuss book published (1937). I picked the book, as it is a personal favorite, but I know she did an excellent job reading it.
This week, we will have our 2nd trimester writing assessment. I had the students do a practice assessment last week and they did quite well. It's amazing to see how their writing skills have grown!
Be sure to check out our class web page on the AV website, altavista.unionsd.org, for all the latest news and weekly happening in Room 3.
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